New Beta Releases of Fedora and Ubuntu

Linux Format Magazine pointed out that Fedora has released a beta of Fedora 9 and Ubuntu has released Ubuntu 8.04.

These features caught my eye from the Fedora 9 Feature List:

• Firefox 3
• Update X Server
• Randr Support — hopefully, this should make plugging and unplugging my laptop into my monitor easier
• Fast X Start time — will my laptop boot faster?

They also pointed out that Open Office 2.4 has been released!   Will it be in Fedora 9?

Open Office 3.0

I just found this article from LXF about Open Office 3.0. It sounds very exciting — I can’t wait for it to come out. Here are they links they pointed out:

• OpenOffice.org 3.0’s new features, an early look
• Performance Improvements List

The presenter screen feature is one feature that I am really interested in:

• Presenter Screen by Andre Fischer
• Presenter Screen wiki
• Presenter Screen implementation
• Developer Snapshot (has instructions for trying it)